Friday, June 1, 2012

JC Penney Responds To JMG Reader

JMG reader Mike shares his email exchange with JC Penney:

Dear JCP,
I love you guys. I have never been into a JC Penney store,
but after seeing your ad with Cooper Smith and Todd Koch and
their kids ... well, you guys rock. I will find something to
buy, just to say thank you!! sincerely, mike

Dear Mike,
Thank you for sharing with me your very valuable feedback.
As a company founded on “The Golden Rule,” we consider it our
top priority to treat each customer as we would like to be
treated. Fair and Square. We are in the process of dreaming
up new ways to make you love shopping with us and your comments
help us move one step closer to becoming your favorite store!
Hope you have a great weekend! Sincerely, Chris, Customer
Care Representative.

HomoQuotable - Peter Tatchell

"While
I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn't
appear to gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly
acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community – or gay members of her
own royal family. The Queen has turned her back on queens. While she
has spoken approvingly of the UK's many races and faiths, for six
decades she has ignored LGBT Britons.

"Judging from her silence,
it seems that we are the unspeakable ones – the people she cannot bare
to acknowledge or mention in public. Why the double standards?
Regardless of whether these omissions are a reflection of the Queen's
personal views or the result of advice from her courtiers, as monarch
she bears ultimate responsibility. Her silence sends a signal of
exclusion and disrespect." - Famed British activist Peter Tatchell, writing for the Guardian UK. The Queen's diamond jubilee celebration takes place this weekend.

Advocates failed this week to garner majority support from
ExxonMobil shareholders for a resolution urging the company to adopt
an explicit policy of nondiscrimination toward LGBT employees. The
company said it already prohibits all forms of discrimination. Dallas Voice
(5/30)

The
New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted against
confirming Bruce Harris, an openly gay Republican nominated to the state
Supreme Court by Gov. Chris Christie. Democrats, who control the
committee, objected to Harris’ stated intention to recuse himself on
issues involving marriage equality, a stance that also concerned LGBT
activists. “As someone who has supported Bruce Harris’ nomination to the
state Supreme Court, I am terribly disappointed with his answers on his
recusal. Frankly, I found them nonsensical,” said Steven Goldstein of
the group Garden State Equality. New Jersey Online
(5/31)